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Firebird
Librarian's note: This book was published with ISBN 0671536648, which was subsequently reused on another book.
Jared St. Vincent, the dashing tycoon, had asked her to marry him on the condition that she give up her career and follow him to the Amazon. And when Lindsey Phillips, prima ballerina with the Metropolitan Ballet Company, said no, that she could not forfeit a life-long dream even to be with the man she loved, Jared fled to the Amazon but was never able to forget the Firebird who spurned his love. Now, three years later he was back--and Lindsey knew that the spark of passion in his eyes had already ignited a fire of love in her soul.
Jared St. Vincent, the dashing tycoon, had asked her to marry him on the condition that she give up her career and follow him to the Amazon. And when Lindsey Phillips, prima ballerina with the Metropolitan Ballet Company, said no, that she could not forfeit a life-long dream even to be with the man she loved, Jared fled to the Amazon but was never able to forget the Firebird who spurned his love. Now, three years later he was back--and Lindsey knew that the spark of passion in his eyes had already ignited a fire of love in her soul.
256 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1984
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March 15, 2025
The only thing going for this book was that I learned something about ballet (with the exception of the H, everyone in the story is either a dancer or involved with ballet), but other than that: UGH!!!!
Talk about crap people. all with major issues! The only exception was the OM, who was a good friend to the h (better than she deserved) and I'm glad he didn't go into major simp mode and moved on to the h's BFF, who in my opinion didn't deserve him.
As for everyone else: OH, BROTHER!!!! I'll start with the BFF, what a hypocrite! She had a crap marriage, so of course she can't stand for anyone else to be happy and discourages the h from trying to work things out with the H (using career issues as an excuse). But then she starts dating the OM, and all of a sudden, she does an about face and tells the h to think less about dancing and more about the H, try to work things out, and so on. Now that she's got another man, it's okay for the h to have one too, otherwise she wanted her to be as bitter and bitchy as she was before. You sure don't need enemies with a friend like her!
Then there's the H's recently widowed sister-in-law, a former ballerina who gave it up to get married, continually talks about her sacrifice, one minute says she's glad she gave up dancing, next minute says she has regrets, keeps encouraging her 12-year-old daughter to be a dancer, not because she's a frustrated one and wants to live through her daughter, of course not! She's not that self-absorbed! (Like Heck!!) Even worse, is her playing up to a family friend, encouraging his attentions when her husband's only been dead a few months, stating she may never be ready for another relationship because she loved her hubby madly (can you say, "the lady doth protest too much"?), yet wants to be sure this other guy's always around, in the friend zone, of course! Talk about a user!!
Then there's the kid, who's even more obsessed with dancing than the h (if that's possible) and already thinks the world's waiting to kiss her toe shoes! I was hoping she'd blow her audition, but naturally she does better than almost all the other girls! Just what her inflated juvenile ego needed!
Now, for the MC! Talk about two people in serious need of therapy! They meet and fall instantly in "love" (more like lust), he's a business owner, she's at the height of her ballet career, he expects her to pack up and move to the Amazon (Gee, how appealing!), and maybe she'll find somewhere to dance while he works at building a town/factory/plantation setup (is he kidding?????). She's about to star in a ballet and has tour plans ready and can't take off the two years he'll be away. She was going to tell him she'll wait for him, and they'll get married when he comes back but he left in a huff and then left the country!
At first, I was on her side, but as the story went on it became clear that she was obsessed by her dancing, had no time for anything else (she hadn't visited her parents in several years, too busy with dancing/touring/rehearsing), she had no outside hobbies or interests, got restless whenever she wasn't dancing (everything else bored her) and when the H returns she resents that she has real feelings for him that keep her from concentrating on her dancing! First, she wants him, then she resents herself for wanting him, then she resents him for making her want him, then she resents herself for shutting g everything out of her life but dancing, then she resents him for coming back and making her realize that, then she sleeps with him, then she resents that he made her want to sleep with him, then she tells him she would have married him, then she says she's not ready for marriage, then she starts thinking love is more important than dancing, then she resents thinking like that, on and on AND ON AND ON!!!! This woman had so much resentment for everything but ballet, that when she was rehearsing and got injured, I was like, "YES!!!! AMUPTATE HER LEG!!!!" I know that's horrible (and it didn't happen, of course), but that's how fed up I was with her.
As for the H: this guy needed a good dose of meds, probably bipolar ones! He goes through so many emotions: anger, depression, bitterness, longing, resentment, optimism, pessimism, desire, frustration, determination, defeatism, you name it, he goes through it, and if he had been a woman, I'd swear he had a major case of PMS!!! He had mood swings galore, especially when he'd say one minute that he should have been more sympathetic to her need to dance (you think????) and then the next he'd be having another hissy fit because she couldn't have dinner with him and needed to rehearse. He had asked her to marry him the first time only a few months after they met, without giving them time to get to know each other and then expected her to move to the Amazon! He finally admitted that was rushing things, then he goes back to proposing every five minutes, getting angry when she says she needs more time, telling her he loves her, then telling her she's being selfish, saying he'll wait, then saying he's tired of waiting, telling her they're done, then saying he wants to try yet another time, RIDICULOUS!!!
The truth is, neither of them tried to really see the other's POV, they were both so focused on their own feelings. In my opinion, they were both too selfish for a HEA, so I didn't stick around to read it!
Talk about crap people. all with major issues! The only exception was the OM, who was a good friend to the h (better than she deserved) and I'm glad he didn't go into major simp mode and moved on to the h's BFF, who in my opinion didn't deserve him.
As for everyone else: OH, BROTHER!!!! I'll start with the BFF, what a hypocrite! She had a crap marriage, so of course she can't stand for anyone else to be happy and discourages the h from trying to work things out with the H (using career issues as an excuse). But then she starts dating the OM, and all of a sudden, she does an about face and tells the h to think less about dancing and more about the H, try to work things out, and so on. Now that she's got another man, it's okay for the h to have one too, otherwise she wanted her to be as bitter and bitchy as she was before. You sure don't need enemies with a friend like her!
Then there's the H's recently widowed sister-in-law, a former ballerina who gave it up to get married, continually talks about her sacrifice, one minute says she's glad she gave up dancing, next minute says she has regrets, keeps encouraging her 12-year-old daughter to be a dancer, not because she's a frustrated one and wants to live through her daughter, of course not! She's not that self-absorbed! (Like Heck!!) Even worse, is her playing up to a family friend, encouraging his attentions when her husband's only been dead a few months, stating she may never be ready for another relationship because she loved her hubby madly (can you say, "the lady doth protest too much"?), yet wants to be sure this other guy's always around, in the friend zone, of course! Talk about a user!!
Then there's the kid, who's even more obsessed with dancing than the h (if that's possible) and already thinks the world's waiting to kiss her toe shoes! I was hoping she'd blow her audition, but naturally she does better than almost all the other girls! Just what her inflated juvenile ego needed!
Now, for the MC! Talk about two people in serious need of therapy! They meet and fall instantly in "love" (more like lust), he's a business owner, she's at the height of her ballet career, he expects her to pack up and move to the Amazon (Gee, how appealing!), and maybe she'll find somewhere to dance while he works at building a town/factory/plantation setup (is he kidding?????). She's about to star in a ballet and has tour plans ready and can't take off the two years he'll be away. She was going to tell him she'll wait for him, and they'll get married when he comes back but he left in a huff and then left the country!
At first, I was on her side, but as the story went on it became clear that she was obsessed by her dancing, had no time for anything else (she hadn't visited her parents in several years, too busy with dancing/touring/rehearsing), she had no outside hobbies or interests, got restless whenever she wasn't dancing (everything else bored her) and when the H returns she resents that she has real feelings for him that keep her from concentrating on her dancing! First, she wants him, then she resents herself for wanting him, then she resents him for making her want him, then she resents herself for shutting g everything out of her life but dancing, then she resents him for coming back and making her realize that, then she sleeps with him, then she resents that he made her want to sleep with him, then she tells him she would have married him, then she says she's not ready for marriage, then she starts thinking love is more important than dancing, then she resents thinking like that, on and on AND ON AND ON!!!! This woman had so much resentment for everything but ballet, that when she was rehearsing and got injured, I was like, "YES!!!! AMUPTATE HER LEG!!!!" I know that's horrible (and it didn't happen, of course), but that's how fed up I was with her.
As for the H: this guy needed a good dose of meds, probably bipolar ones! He goes through so many emotions: anger, depression, bitterness, longing, resentment, optimism, pessimism, desire, frustration, determination, defeatism, you name it, he goes through it, and if he had been a woman, I'd swear he had a major case of PMS!!! He had mood swings galore, especially when he'd say one minute that he should have been more sympathetic to her need to dance (you think????) and then the next he'd be having another hissy fit because she couldn't have dinner with him and needed to rehearse. He had asked her to marry him the first time only a few months after they met, without giving them time to get to know each other and then expected her to move to the Amazon! He finally admitted that was rushing things, then he goes back to proposing every five minutes, getting angry when she says she needs more time, telling her he loves her, then telling her she's being selfish, saying he'll wait, then saying he's tired of waiting, telling her they're done, then saying he wants to try yet another time, RIDICULOUS!!!
The truth is, neither of them tried to really see the other's POV, they were both so focused on their own feelings. In my opinion, they were both too selfish for a HEA, so I didn't stick around to read it!
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